Camptorhynchus labradorius

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	ANSERIFORMES	ANATIDAE

Scientific Name:

Camptorhynchus labradorius

Species Authority:

(Gmelin, 1789)

Common Name/s:

English

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Labrador Duck

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Camptorhynchus labradorius probably bred along the Gulf of St Lawrence and coastal Labrador, Canada, wintering from Nova Scotia south to Chesapeake Bay, USA¹. The last confirmed specimen was collected off Long Island, New York, in 1875¹ (or possibly 1878²).
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Birds presumably nested on sandbars and around sheltered bays and, in winter, foraged in shallow bays, harbours and estuaries¹.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Shooting and trapping on the winter quarters were certainly proximate factors in the species's extinction¹. Overharvest of birds and eggs on the breeding grounds could also have been a factor¹.

Major Threat(s):

Shooting and trapping on the winter quarters were certainly proximate factors in the species's extinction¹. Overharvest of birds and eggs on the breeding grounds could also have been a factor¹.

Bibliography [top]

	Chilton, G. 1997. Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 307, pp. 1-12. The Academy of Natural Sciences, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Chilton, G. 1997. Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 307, pp. 1-12. The Academy of Natural Sciences, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Chilton, G. 1997. Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 307, pp. 1-12. The Academy of Natural Sciences, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Chilton, G. 1997. Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 307, pp. 1-12. The Academy of Natural Sciences, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Madge, S.; Burn, H. 1988. Wildfowl. Christopher Helm, London. Madge, S.; Burn, H. 1988. Wildfowl. Christopher Helm, London. Madge, S.; Burn, H. 1988. Wildfowl. Christopher Helm, London. Madge, S.; Burn, H. 1988. Wildfowl. Christopher Helm, London.

Chilton, G. 1997. Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 307, pp. 1-12. The Academy of Natural Sciences, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

Madge, S.; Burn, H. 1988. Wildfowl. Christopher Helm, London.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Camptorhynchus labradorius. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 May 2012.
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